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International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)
IS S N: 2643-9603
Vol. 5 Issue 3, March - 2021, Pages: 65-70
School-Home Learning Clinic: An Innovative Project
Emerson T. Ceria
DepEd Division of City of Meycauayan, Bulacan, DepED
City of Meycauayan, Province of Bulacan, Philippines
emerson.ceria001@deped.gov.ph
Abstract: This study is about an innovative project designed to address the educational process of non -face-to-face learning in
school. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the school -home learning clinic project of Pandayan Elementary
School in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. A descriptive research design was used in this study. The data came from the
performances of the students in the first and second quarters of the school year 2020 -2021. Statistical analysis of their
performances was done using percentage, mean, and t-test. The study found strong evidence that the school-home learning clinic
is effective based on the result of the comparison of the students' performance before the project (Fi rst Quarter) and after the
administration of the project (Second Quarter). It was therefore concluded that a school -home learning clinic (SHLC) is an
effective alternative way of learning for pupils especially in this time of crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords—innovati on; homeschooling; project, COVID-19 pandemic
know, the ravaging pandemic also affected the teachers in
terms of physical, emotional, psychological, and economic
1. INTRO DUCTIO N
aspects. Asio and Jimenez [12] mentioned in their study that
The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges to various there is a significant difference in the assessment of
sectors, especially in responding to basic rights. With the teachers’ sleep religious tasks and suicidal thoughts. Jimenez
physical distancing and community quarantine being among [13] [14] also showed that the current pandemic affected the
the measures to contain COVID-19, basic education is learning resource development of teachers mentally. Since
among the sectors heavily affected as schools and the pandemic is ravaging the country it is also a must to
community learning centers are closed for the physical protect the children, thus a protection policy is a must [15].
conduct of classes. In an essay, Apple [1] stated that the Therefore, teachers together with their school heads should
crisis has transformed the lives and realities of a huge consider other innovative options in providing a sound
number of people. As Asio and Bayucca [2] and Jimenez [3] quality education for students.
mentioned that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Thus, this study was done to address such a problem.
changed the course of delivering quality education and The Pandayan Elementary School has conceptualized the
halted the education process to both teachers and learners. School-Home Learning Clinic to address the difficulty of
The current pandemic is categorized as a disaster since it is parents in explaining some of the complex competencies to
biological in nature. It is essentially human to survive their children. This Innovation was supported by all
disasters like this; thus, awareness of disaster is part of teachers, parents, staff, and Barangay. Council for the
learning and its corresponding management and preparations welfare of learners.
in the community [4][5][6][7]. Education is very important The main objective of the study is to analyze the
in alleviating the struggles of individuals and finding effectiveness of the School-Home Learning Clinic and to
solutions to problems which was generated by the current help the parents in addressing their difficulty in explaining
situation. some of the complex competencies/ lessons to their children.
To better serve our stakeholders in providing quality
education and fulfilling our mandate to teach with utmost
2. METHO DO LO GY
integrity and dedication we come up with the idea of
creating a School-Home Learning Clinic. Ray [8] indicated 2.1 Research Design
that homeschooling yielded positive results on different
This study used a descriptive type of research design
variables. Faisal [9] showed that implementing
wherein the survey was used as the primary instrument for
homeschooling and the learning process should be based on
data gathering.
the needs of different children. Letzel et al. [10] also found
that homeschooling expanded the educational social, 2.2 Respondents
psychological, and equality domains. In the perspective of
Bartolome and Mamat [11], they revealed four themes in The target beneficiaries of the School/Home Learning
Clinic were the 737 elementary pupils of Pandayan
their descriptive study in parental involvement in early
Elementary School, Schools Division of the City of
childhood education.
The person involves in this Project Innovation are the Meycauayan City. They were chosen conveniently since the
author is the head of this institution.
School Head and teachers to ensure that the Modified
Learning Competencies were properly taught. As we all
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Grade Level Subjects Average Grade
Table 1. Students’ Enrollment Profile Weeks 1-4 (Q1)
Kindergarten 77%
Kinder
Enrolment/ Domains
Grade Level Modular ESP 79%
Male Female Total MTB 77%
Kindergarten 50 50 100 Grade 1 Math 75%
Grade 1 58 50 108 AP 76%
Grade II 60 74 134 MAPEH 78%
Grade III 56 68 124 ESP 88%
Grade IV 52 30 82 Filipino 86%
Grade V 46 54 100 Math 81%
Grade VI 49 40 89 Grade 2 English 82%
Total 371 366 737 MTB 87%
AP 84%
2.3 Data Collection Procedure and Process MAPEH 85%
Teachers will identify the problems encountered by the ESP 85%
parents in the Modular Learning Modality. Parents will be Filipino 78%
scheduled accordingly by grade level. Parents will visit the Science 79%
school according to their scheduled visiting day and hour. Math 78%
Grade 3
Teachers will address the concerns of the parents face to AP 78%
face. Also, teachers will give lectures or explanation on the English 76%
subjects or lessons which the parents are having difficulty in MTB/MLE 79%
understanding. Teachers will provide the “School-Home MAPEH 85%
Learning Kit” or the hard copies of the lectures done during ESP 91%
the teacher-parent learning clinic for further references. English 70%
The school together with the parents shall observe Filipino 73%
proper safety protocols. The school together with the Math 70%
Grade 4
teachers will monitor the application of the processes done Science 75%
by the parents. In this, monitoring will have to enumerate the AP 79%
effectiveness of the program and the rooms for MAPEH 70%
improvement. Teachers will evaluate the effectiveness and EPP 70%
applicability of how the parents were able to deliver and to ESP 93%
apply the School-Home Learning Kit to their child/children. English 70%
Filipino 72%
2.4 Statistical Analysis Math 70%
Grade 5
This study employed SPSS 22 in the analysis and Science 71%
computation of the data gathered from the survey. The AP 75%
statistical tools used in this study include a percentage for MAPEH 71%
the average grades of the pupils, a mean for the total average EPP 75%
grades of the pupils, and a t-test for the significant ESP 88%
differences before and after the implementation of the English 77%
School-Home Learning Clinic (SHLC). Filipino 79%
Math 75%
Grade 6
Science 76%
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIO N AP 78%
The objective of this study is to determine the MAPEH 78%
effectiveness of the School-Home Learning Clinic at EPP 80%
Pandayan Elementary School. The following tables OVERALL AVERAGE 78%
presented the results of the study.
Table 2 shows the average grades in each subject for every
grade level for weeks 1 to 4 of the first quarter, without the
School-Home Learning Clinic (SHLC), which are presented
in this table. The table shows the grades in the major
Table 2. Average Grade per Subject before the School-Home subjects from Kinder to Grade 6. As seen, the major subjects
Learning Clinic like Filipino, Mathematics, Science, and English are
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relatively low compared with the grades in the minor English 80%
subjects (EsP, MAPEH, EPP/TLE, and AP). This is because Filipino 80%
principles have to be reviewed and common sense cannot b e Math 80%
applied. The overall average grade of the whole group was Science 84%
78 percent. AP 89%
MAPEH 80%
Table 3. Average Grades of Pupils before School-Home EPP 80%
Learning Clinic ESP 95%
Grade Level Score (% ) English 82%
Filipino 86%
K 77 Math 81%
Grade 5
I 77 Science 84%
AP 86%
II 84.71
MAPEH 83%
III 79.75 EPP 87%
IV 74.75 ESP 93%
English 82%
V 74.63 Filipino 86%
VI 78.17 Math 80%
Grade 6
Science 81%
Average 78.00 AP 83%
MAPEH 85%
Table 3 indicated the summary of the average grades of the EPP 87%
modular learners per grade level. As observed, the table OVERALL 84%
showed a 78.00 average grade. It implies that there is a need AVERAGE
for an intervention to improve the academic performance of
the pupils. As per DepEd standards on the academic grades,
Meanwhile, Table 4 reveals the average grades in each
there should be at least 80% grade for each subject area. subject for every grade level for weeks 5 to 10 of the First
quarter and weeks 1 to 4 of the Second quarter wherein the
Table 4. Performance of Pupils after the School-Home
School-Home Learning Clinic (SHLC) was already put into
Learning Clinic (SHLC) practice and was being utilized by the advisers to the
Grade Level Subjects Average Grade parents. As seen, there has been an improvement in the
Weeks 5-10 (Q1) major subjects like Filipino, Mathematics, Science, and
Weeks 1-4 (Q2) English. However, as compared with the grades in the minor
Kindergarten 85% subjects (EsP, MAPEH, EPP/TLE, and AP), they are still a
Kinder
Domains little bit lower as expected. Also, from the previous tables,
ESP 84% the overall average of students improved drastically from 78
MTB 81% to 84 percent.
Grade 1 Math 80%
AP 81% Table 5. Average Grades per Grade Levels After SHLC
MAPEH 82%
ESP 91%
Average Grades After SHLC per Grade Level
Filipino 89%
Math 84% Grade Level Score (% )
Grade 2 English 85%
K 86
MTB 89%
AP 85% I 90.6
MAPEH 86% II 88.43
ESP 88%
Filipino 82% III 89.63
Science 83% IV 89.75
Math 81%
Grade 3 V 90.13
AP 80%
English 80% VI 89.42
MTB/MLE 82% Average 89.14
MAPEH 88%
Grade 4 ESP 93%
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Likewise, Table 5 shows the summary of the average grades Table 7. Descriptive Analysis of the Average Grades Before
of the Modular learners for each grade level. As seen, there and After the SHLC
is a substantial increase in the performance of the pupils t-Test: Paired Two Sample for Means
after the intervention. All of the grade levels are now beyond Average Average
the DepEd required standard grade of 80. The average grade Grades Before Grades
in all of the grade levels is now 89.14. SHLC Before SHLC
Mean 78.00 89.14
Table 6. T-test for the Performance of Pupils Before and Variance 12.01 2.360990476
After the SHLC Observations 7 7
Pre-Test Descriptive Stat Post-Test Descriptive Stat Pearson Correlation -0.234713472202715
Result Result Df 6
Mean 78.00 Mean 89.14 t-stat 2.52
Median 77 Median 89.63 Critical value 1.943
Mode 77 Mode None Level of significance 0.05
Standard 3.46 Standard
Deviation Deviation 1.54 Table 7 indicates the t-test for paired two samples for
Sample 12.01 Sample means. At 0.05 Alpha level of significance, statistical
Variance Variance 2.360990476 analysis showed that the absolute value of the t-Statistic
Skewness 1.30 Skewness -1.720300305 (2.52) is observed to be larger than the absolute value of
Range 10.08 Range 4.6 Critical t value which is 1.943. Hence, the Decision Rule is
Minimum 74.63 Minimum 86 to Reject the Null hypothesis. This implies that the School-
Maximum 84.71 Maximum 90.6 Home Learning Clinic project implemented by the school
Sum 546.01 Sum 623.96 has a significant effect on the academic performance of
Count 7 Count 7 pupils in all subjects from Kinder to Grade 6.
The results strengthen the significance of a successful
Table 6 shows the descriptive analysis of both the results of teacher-to-parent-to-child teaching-learning process which is
the Before and After SHLC average grades of the pupils believed to be a powerful tool in building a strong
from Kinder to Grade 6. The average grades BEFORE SHLC foundation of a Distance Learning Modality, particularly
have obtained an overall total of 546.01 while the average Modular learning.
grades AFTER SHLC have a decent total of 623.96.
Further, the table shows the results from the average grades
4. CO NCLUSIO NS
BEFORE SHLC and the average grades AFTER SHLC have
means of 78.00 and 89.14, respectively, while having After thorough scrutiny of the findings of the study, the
standard deviation among the AVERAGE grades of 3.46 and following conclusions were hereby made.
1.54. The range was at 10.08 and 4.6, respectively, while the 1. The overall average grades of pupils in all subjects
frequently recurring scores were only 77 from the BEFORE in all grade levels before the School-Home
SHLC grades. Learning Clinic was 78%. Their mean score fell
The results implied that with the same number of average below the 25th percentile of the test. This reflects a
grade scores from the same group of learners who have poor performance on the part of the learners in all
undergone the SHLC project, all of their academic their subjects.
performances in their respective grade levels have improved 2. The overall average grades of pupils in all subjects
at a significant level. in all grade levels after the School-Home Learning
The results supplement the fact that the program initiated Clinic was 89.14%. Their mean score has now
and implemented by the school significantly improved the increased above the 75th percentile of the test. This
academic performance of learners in all subjects from reflects a better performance on the part of the
Kinder to Grade 6. More so, the parents' presence and their learners in their subjects after parents have
direct involvement in the lessons can boost the achievement undergone the intervention, School-Home Learning
of their children [16] wherein monitoring the progress of Clinic.
their kids can guarantee that their child will strive to make 3. There is a significant difference in the academic
the best of him/her. Finally, the program also received performance of pupils in all their subjects and all
positive feedback from parents and pupils, and other levels before and after the intervention, School-
stakeholders of the school. In a different perspective, another Home Learning Clinic. The said program-
study showed the effect of remediation activities on Grade 5 intervention shows a positive effect on the
pupils which showed substantial results [17]. academic performance of the pupils while their
parents attend the SHLC.
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